Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2026. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE, Royal. Charles VIII l'Affable (the Affable). 1483-1498. BI Liard de Bretagne (1.11 g, 6h). Rennes mint. Struck circa 1491. Dolphin leaping left, speckle of ermine below head / Cross pattée, R in center; crowned speckles of ermine and lis in opposing quarters. Duplessy 602; Lafaurie 576; Ciani 830; Roberts 3687. VF, toned, usual flat spots. Rare.
Ex G.W. de Wit Collection; H.-W. Müller 36 (12 February 1982), lot 1072.